Today's letters: Loneliness, and fighting shoreline erosion

Dying art of conversation
Re: We’re living in lonely bubbles – and it’s bad for our health, Aug. 29
I so agree with Melanie Sabo as the art of conversation is vanishing. No matter where I go, grocery store, bank or in some cases, church, people just choke up when I say hello or good morning. What is wrong with you people? What happened along the way?
To me a lot of the problem is cellphones, as people are obsessed with them. Even at a ball game, I see people staring at them or